Dave Pelzer Quotes

You kick a dog long enough, that dog is going to bite you or die.

What distresses me at times is that I meet a lot of people in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, who still say they’re a victim of child abuse.

There’s a lot of Dave mania when I speak.

My mom obviously had a problem.

My fans are buying the DNA of Dave.

I’m always looking for a story of survival.

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

I still love my former wife, I won’t call her my ex-wife.

I really believe I’m no different from anyone else. I just had a few challenges I had to learn from at a very early age.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

I learned from Arnold Schwarzenegger, too, that it’s O.K. to be pluggish.

I know I can be very standoffish.

I had an attachment disorder.

I couldn’t lie to get myself fame and fortune.

I buy thousands of books a year.

I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

I am a very shy, introverted guy.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.